Away from its starry premieres, the AFI Fest awards celebrate some of the festival’s less exposed works, with two awards for “Bullhead,” Belgium’s gritty submission for the foreign-language Oscar.
Belgian Oscar entry 'Bullhead' among AFI Fest award winners
Posted by Guy Lodge · 6:12 pm · November 10th, 2011
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Brian Grazer to the rescue
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:54 pm · November 9th, 2011
After the Ratner-Murphy fiasco, Oscar-winning producer Brian Grazer looks like a safe pair of hands for the Oscar show.
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The Long Shot: Big enough for the both of us
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:48 pm · November 9th, 2011
“The Help” star Jessica Chastain is just one of 2011’s strong Oscar hopefuls needing to wrestle attention away from a more heavily hyped co-star: an annual dilemma in the awards race.
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Has Franzen's 'The Corrections' dodged a big-screen bullet?
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:30 pm · November 8th, 2011
Since its publication in 2001, “The Corrections” has been a hot prestige film in the making, attracting names like Stephen Daldry and Robert Zemeckis — so why is it better news that it’s headed for television?
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AMPAS tips its hat to Saul Bass
Posted by Guy Lodge · 3:04 pm · November 8th, 2011
Saul Bass, the late creator of the iconic title sequence and poster designs for “Vertigo” and “Psycho,” will be feted by the Academy at New York’s Museum of Modern Art next week.
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Can 'The Artist' break costumer Mark Bridges's Oscar duck?
Posted by Guy Lodge · 10:46 am · November 8th, 2011
With credits including “Boogie Nights,” “There Will Be Blood” and “The Fighter,” Mark Bridges has made a name for himself as one of Hollywood’s most inspired costume designers, but the Academy’s never taken notice. That could all change with “The Artist.”
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Fox campaigns for Serkis, reignites mo-cap debate
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:55 pm · November 7th, 2011
It seems longer ago than August that the movie-blog fraternity was getting worked up about Andy Serkis’s digitally-enabled performance in “Rise of the Planet of the Apes,” with many getting prematurely irate about the awards attention he would inevitably not receive.
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'Melancholia' rules European Film Award nods
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:09 am · November 7th, 2011
Lars von Trier’s “Melancholia” is a sophisticated choice of film to lead Europe’s alternative to the Oscars — but a middlebrow mindset prevails elsewhere.
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AMPAS to salute Vanessa Redgrave in London
Posted by Guy Lodge · 1:45 pm · November 4th, 2011
AMPAS is saluting Vanessa Redgrave at a special tribute evening in London next Sunday. Is this a good omen for her chances at a second Oscar for “Coriolanus?”
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Cinema Eye honors 'Paradise Lost' for real-world impact
Posted by Guy Lodge · 1:28 pm · November 4th, 2011
“Paradise Lost,” a trilogy of documentaries that played a role in the acquittal of the falsely imprisoned West Memphis Three, will receive the inaugural Hell Yeah Award from Cinema Eye.
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Gervais returning to the Golden Globes?
Posted by Guy Lodge · 9:42 am · November 4th, 2011
We already knew that Golden Globe producers had invited cheeky British comedian Ricky Gervais to host their boozy shindig for a third straight year — but it seems he’s finally accepted the offer.
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New Bond pic 'Skyfall' begins shooting in London
Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:24 am · November 3rd, 2011
Sam Mendes and his all-star cast met press in London today to announce the commencement of shooting on “Skyfall,” the 23rd James Bond film. More than that they couldn’t really tell us.
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UK box office for 'Tintin' tells an uncertain tale
Posted by Guy Lodge · 1:01 pm · November 2nd, 2011
Steven Spielberg’s first animated feature has earned healthy takings in the UK, but it’s fallen shy of phenomenon status. Will American audiences be more convinced?
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The Long Shot: Let England shake
Posted by Guy Lodge · 11:38 am · November 2nd, 2011
In this week’s Oscar-themed column, I discuss the tricky outlook for Britain’s hard-edged Oscar hopefuls, and update my nomination predictions.
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Saying goodbye to Gil Cates
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:28 pm · November 1st, 2011
Gil Cates directed at least one fine film — but it’s in his capacity as the producer of 14 Oscar ceremonies in the past two decades that he holds a place in more film geeks’ hearts.
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The Lists: Top 10 Oscar-winning biopic performances
Posted by Guy Lodge · 11:20 am · November 1st, 2011
Michelle Williams, Meryl Streep and Leonardo DiCaprio are some of the actors vying to win an Oscar this season for playing real-life figures. We round up the greatest Oscar-winning biopic performances in history, including work from Daniel Day-Lewis, Barbra Streisand and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
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Interview: Sean Durkin on confronting his fears in 'Martha Marcy May Marlene'
Posted by Guy Lodge · 5:57 pm · October 31st, 2011
We talk to the Sundance-laurelled writer-director about his ‘addiction to fear,’ and how that informs his brilliant debut feature.
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Handicapping the foreign-language Oscar race
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:18 pm · October 31st, 2011
We rank the films likeliest to show up in the ever-unpredictable Best Foreign Language Film race.
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